We are located in O’Donnell Hall room 205 in the College of HEST. For general inquiries, please email Dr. Boren directly: rboren(at)nmsu.edu, or call: 575-646-6477. 

We are also supported by NMSU Doctoral Students who do a lot of important work on our various projects. 

 

Dr. Rachel Boren, Ph.D 
Director

Rachel Boren earned her Ph.D. in Educational Research, Statistics, and Evaluation from the University of Virginia, where she was trained in program evaluation and research methods in education and the social sciences. She has a diverse portfolio of training and experience with program evaluation and research in education and healthcare, most recently as an evaluator for the Provost’s Office at the University of Texas at El Paso and the Director of Evaluation for a 70 million-dollar National Institutes of Health funded center based at the University of Washington. She has experience assessing student learning and other outcomes for K-12 and higher education populations, including both two and four- year college environments all over the country, and ensuring programs have strong evaluation plans and the necessary data for evidence based decision-making.

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Doug te Duits, Ed D 

Senior Program Specialist

Doug te Duits earned his Doctorate in Education from the University of Houston in Higher Education Leadership.  He earned his Master’s in Educational Psychology from Texas Tech University.  He has several years of experience in Human Resource Management and served as an Assistant Professor in the Marilyn Davies College of Business at the University of Houston Downtown before he retired from the faculty in 2023.  Doug’s research interests include student access, retention and success.